Journal #2 - The Blogs vs The Critics

A forum to discuss the two types of reviews of To Kill a Mockingbird: those of the general public in an informal blog setting vs. those of scholarly critics.

You may ask questions, plan your paragraphs, or just share your favorite golden "tidbits" from the reviews...there are so many to comment on, right? 

Journal 1: Not wanting to be featured in a writing seminar

Since so many of you fear having your future writing assignments featured as a class exercise, I am going to post a new thread for each journal.  Dialogue with one another so that you can ask grammatical, stylistic, mechanical, and content questions of each other....or just converse for moral support.

Topics for Journal 1: 

a)  Discuss the thematic concept of outsiders in To Kill a Mockingbird.

b)  Were Atticus's actions regarding the death of Bob Ewell hypocritical, immoral, or illegal.  NOTE: If you choose to do this one (a persuasive essay), you may do an introductory paragraph, one con paragraph and one pro for practice.

Random Musings Quarter 3

Please use this forum to ask questions about an unclear assignment, to ask for help from your classmates, or to continue a discussion from class.

How Can I Help?

Please take a moment and reflect on the activities and lessons from the first semester. Then share what you think we need to have more practice in (obviously grammar, but what specifically?). Do you feel weak in writing introductions? topic sentences? embedding (ICE'ing) quotes? finding those tiny nuances and symbols in your reading? vocabulary?

Then consider what activities and procedures / routines we have in class that do work for you so we can continue (or do more). For example: participation points (believe it or not, some people do not like them); vocab LINGO, walkaround reviews; mailbox system; agendas; what type of extra credit would you like to see?

Use this forum to OPENLY and HONESTLY share your ideas, concerns, questions, and goals for the upcoming semester.